Ukraine's 2014 revolution

Updated 9:22 AM ET, Fri February 20, 2015

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Ukrainian demonstrators gather in Kiev's Maidan, or Independence Square, on February 21, 2014, a day after the bloodiest day of revolution protests. Nearly 50 activists were killed and hundreds more injured in clashes in the square on February 20, 2014. The street protests soon led to the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych and triggered a chain of events that included Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and fighting in Eastern Ukraine with pro-Russian separatist forces. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

A protester aims a gun in the direction of suspected sniper fire in Kiev on Thursday, February 20. Thousands of demonstrators had packed Independence Square since November when President Viktor Yanukovych reversed a decision on a trade deal with the European Union and instead turned toward Russia.Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

Police use water cannons against protesters in Kiev on February 20.YEVGENY MALOLETKA/EPA/LANDOV

An injured protester is carried away from Independence Square on a stretcher February 20. Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Captured police officers are led away by protesters in Kiev on February 20.VOLPI FRANCESCA/SIPA

A woman on February 20 mourns over protesters who were killed during clashes.SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA

Independence Square smolders during protests on February 19.SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA/LANDOV

Riot police officers rest against a column in Independence Square on February 19.DANYLO PRYHODKO/EPA/LANDOV

An injured protester is moved out during clashes with riot police in Kiev on February 19.PIERO QUARANTA/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters protect themselves with shields as they clash with police in Kiev on February 19.SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters sleep on the floor inside a Kiev monastery on February 19.Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

A protester rushes through a broken door in the regional prosecutor's office in Lviv, Ukraine, on February 19. Police said the unrest has spread to western Ukraine, with protesters attacking police and local government offices in a number of regions.IVAN BOBERSKYY/EPA/LANDOV

Protesters in Lviv burn papers from a government building on February 19.Pavlo Palamarchuk/AP

A protester runs during clashes with police in Kiev on Tuesday, February 18.Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Violence between police and protesters escalates February 18 in Kiev.SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA/LANDOV

Protesters burn a car in central Kiev on February 18.Yevgeny Maloletka/ITAR-TASS/Landov

A protester stands atop a barricade in Kiev on February 18.Barbaros Kayan/LeJournal/SIPA